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Animadversions on a treatise entitled Fiat lux, or, A guide in differences of religion,…Animadversions on a treatise intituled Fiat lux, or, A guide in differences of religion,…
Animadversions on a treatise entitled Fiat lux, or, A guide in differences of religion, between papist and Protestant, Presbyterian and independent by a Protestant.Animadversions on a treatise intituled Fiat lux, or, A guide in differences of religion, between papist and Protestant, Presbyterian and independent by a Protestant.
London: printed by E. Cotes for Henry Cripps, 1662
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The truth is, if ever there blew a wind of Doctrine on unwary souls [Greek or Hebrew], we have an instance of it in this Discourse. Such a disposition of cogging slights, various drafts in enticing words, is rarely met ⟨p. 10⟩with. Many, I think, are not able to take this course in handling the Sacred things of God, and Eternal concernments of Men; and more, I hope, dare not. But our Author is another man's Servant; I shall not judge him, he stands or falls to his own Master. That which the importunity of some Noble Friends hath compelled me unto is, to offer somewhat to the judgement of impartial men, that may serve to unmask him of his gilded pretences, and to lay open the emptiness of those prejudices and presumptions wherewith he makes such a tinkling noise in the ears of unlearned and unstable persons. Occasion of serious debate is very little administered by him; that which is the task assigned me, I shall as fully discharge, as the few hours allotted to its performance will allow.
The truth is, if ever there blew a wind of Doctrine on unwary souls 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, we have an instance of it in this Discourse. Such a disposposition of cogging slights, various drafts in entising words, is rarely met ⟨p. 10⟩with. Many, I think, are not able to take this course in handling the Sacred things of God, and Eternal concernments of Men; and more, I hope, dare not. But our Author is another man's Servant; I shall not judge him, he stands or falls to his own Master. That which the importunity of some Noble Friends hath compelled me unto is, to offer somewhat to the judgement of impartial men, that may serve to unmask him of his gilded pretences, and to lay open the emptiness of those prejudices and presumptions wherewith he makes such a tinckling noyse in the ears of unlearned and unstable persons. Occasion of serious debate is very little administred by him; that which is the task assigned me, I shall as fully discharge, as the few hours allotted to its performance will allow.